The Friendship Force of Lancaster Exchange History

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27th Charter Year 2007 - Hosting Ambassadors continues to be our strength

We were informally organized for a few years and then actually received our charter in 1980. Year 2005 was the 25th anniversary of chartering The Friendship Force of Lancaster.

This is a list of our outgoing exchanges and directors.

1980 May West Berlin, Germany Eugene & Anne Witmer
1981 July Cremona, Italy Willard & Harriet Funk
1982 Aug Cardiff, Wales-Bristol Eugene & Anne Witmer
1983 May Sao Paulo, Brazil Willard & Harriet Funk
1983 May USSR Gibson E. Armstrong
1984 July Derbyshire, England Homer Luttringer
1984 Sept Poland John & Mary Ganse
1984 Oct China Gibson E. Armstrong
1985 Nov India Jerry & Martha Hossler
1986 July Belgium/Netherlands Paul & Janice Wenger
1987 July Chiapas/Tuxtia Mexico John & Mabel Hoffman
1987 Sept USSR Gibson E. Armstrong
1988 Jan Moldavia, USSR Gib Armstrong/Joe Pitts
1988 June Wolfsburg, Germany Leo & Ginger Shelly
1988 Aug Nelson, New Zealand Alan & Sally Bair
1989 June Isle of Wright Harold & Helen Duncan
1990 May Kumamoto/Gifu, Japan Gary Hovinen
1990 July Moldova, USSR Clay & Marge Sylvis
1991 Nov Paeroa/New Plymouth NZ Celia Cavalier
1991 June Moldova, USSR Janice Wenger
1992 June Moldova, USSR Sally Bair
1992 June Taiwan Roy Farneth
1993 April Spokane/Olympia WA Clay & Marge Sylvis
1993 June Dublin, Ireland Shirley Ranck
1994 Feb Salisbury/Casterton Aus. Len Cherry
1994 July Varel/Wolfsburg Germany Michelle Notturno
1995 April Wilson/Rocky Mt NC Barbara York
1995 May Helsingborg, Sweden Eugene & Anne Witmer
1995 Nov Bankok/Nakhon-Raichasin Thailand
Marsha DiBonaventuro
1996 July Campinas/Araraquara Brazil Kathy Wenger
1996 June Quad City, Iowa Louis Craft
1996 Oct Capetown, South Africa Hetty Wengert
1997 Sept Sophia Bulgaria Arlene Hartranft
1998 May Albuquerque, NM Zelma & Clayton Martin
1998 June Alajuela, Costa Rica Celia Cavalier
1999 April Western Bay of Plenty & Christchurch,NZ
and Sunshine Coast, Aus Don Jones
1999 Nov Natanya, Israel Kathy Wenger
2000 April La Serena, Chile Harrisburg Club
2000 July Irkutska, Russia/Mongolia Paul Wenger
2000 Sept Denver, Colorado Bonnie Lake
2001 Sept Cuba Paul Wenger
2002 June Leftbridge Canada Marsha DiBoniventuro
2003 March Sarasota, Florida Ginny Good
2004 Brazil (canceled)
2005 Karsiyaka, Turkey Karen Smith (canceled)
2006 Morganton, NC Don Jones
2006 Nanjing China Karen Overly Smith
2007 Greater Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario, Canada - Paul Wenger (canceled)
2008 Ghana Africa - Karen Overly Smith

See the Friendship Force International site for the current exchange list

The Lancaster Club has hosted and visted with many clubs across the globe over the years. We are very proud of this accomplishment and of the exchange directors who have made it all happen. See the FFI website for many interesting future exchanges.

This is a list of our incoming exchanges and directors

1980 May West Berlin, Germany Eugene & Anne Witmer
1981 July Cremona, Italy Willard & Harriet Funk
1982 Aug Cardiff, Wales/Bristol/Newcastle England
Eugene & Anne Witmer
1984 May Sao Paulo, Brazil Willard & Harriet Funk
1984 May Derbyshire, England Homer Luttringer
1984 Oct Berlin, Germany Homer Luttringer
1986 May India Jerry & Marty Hossler
1986 May Columbia Pete and Kathy Flemming
1986 Aug Gifu, Japan Paul & Janice Wenger
1987 Aug Pinchenza/Piza, Italy Stan & Patti May
1987 Nov Dublin, Ireland Harold & Helen Duncan
1988 Feb Moldavia, USSR Gibson E. Armstrong
1988 June Kiel-Bockhorn, Germany Paul & Janice Wenger
1988 July Chiapas/Tuxtle, Mexico Earl & Doris Hummel
1988 Oct Wolfsburg, Germany Leo & Ginger Shelly
1989 Mar Eng/Spain/W. Germany Paul & Janice Wenger
1989 Aug Moldavia, USSR Paul & Janice Wenger
1989 Sept Christchurch, NZ Alan & Sally Baer
1990 Apr Georgia, USSR Paul & Janice Wenger
1990 Sept Berlin, Germany Hetty & Ken Wengert
1990 Sept Moldavia, USSR Earl & Doris Hummel
1991 June Moldova
1992 Apr Taiwan Roy Farneth
1992 June Brazil
1992 June Spokane/Olympia WA Marge & Clay Sylvis
1992 June Moldova
1993 Aug Mie, Japan Dan Lake
1993 June Italy
1994 June Wilson-Rocky Mt NC Pat & John Groff
1994 Oct Berlin/Branddenburg Zelma Martin
1995 Aug Quad City, Iowa Hetty Wengert
1995 Sept Dublin, Ireland Shirley Ranck
1996 May Campinas, Brazil Hetty Wengert
1997 Oct Des Moines, Iowa Don Jones
1998 Sept Capetown, South Africa Jean Johnson
1998 May Irkutsk, Russia Paul & Janice Wenger
1999 July Flanders, Belguim John Horst
1999 May Denver, Colorado Cathy Richardson
2000 May Luebeck, Germany Cathy Richardson
2000 Oct Ehime, Japan Marti Roeder
2001 June Hawick, NZ Jere Breneisen
2001 Sept Derbyshire, UK Horst & Ursula Draeger
2002 May Sarasota, FL Zelma Martin
2004 Sept Lima, Peru Cheryl Oeschger/Marti Roeder
2004 Oct Morganton,NC/Missoula MT
Marti Roeder/Cheryl Oeschger
2004 Oct People's Rep. of China Karen Overly Smith
2005 May Blumenau, Brazil Karen Overly Smith
2005 Oct Olympia, Washington Marti Roeder
2006 June Sydney, Australia Marti Roeder(canceled)
2006 SENY & Binghamton NY Marti Roeder
2007 Tblisi, Georgia Treva Markey (canceled)
2007 Nanjing, China Karen Overly Smith (canceled)

Was this photo taken in the USA?

Wasn't this the sunset in Colorado in 2000?

Did Bonnie Lake take this photo? She was the exchange director that year.